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solver, 5 years agoScott, I really do enjoy seeing your profound photographs and this is so unusual. My impression is that this is a memorial photograph. If it were commissioned by a florist, I would expect the arrangements to be more splendid but I could be very wrong.

Considering the info above that helps pinpoint the date, the following from the site "Art of Mourning, Memorial Photography" discusses this time period and the transition from post-mortem to memorial photography:

"By the 1890s, post-mortem photography (as well as the mourning industry in general) was on the decline. Symbolism, such as the coffin, had replaced the body as the symbol of death and societies were distancing themselves from the image of death. Mortality rates were changing and the fact of death was evolving. Now, photographs were more inclined to show funeral arrangements or even the funeral itself."http://www.artofmourning.com/photography.html

It's hard to determine the types of flowers and greenery and I don't know the names if I could see them. I think I see a lily and roses in the left arrangement and roses in the right. If it is a memorial photograph, the same site explains the symbolism of flowers and plants:http://www.artofmourning.com/symbolism.html#plants

Thanks for always sharing your incredible collection.

scottvez, 5 years agoThanks solver-- I too would lean more toward remembrance due to the lack of any visible advertising that relates to a florist.

I appreciate the informative links.

Scott

vetraio50, 5 years agoNice photo and another great comment from solver! Thank you both!